Method of and apparatus for transferring valuables



F. K. WING Filed Dec. '7 925 w/ 2 W M/? Oct. 19 1926.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING VALUABLES Patented ()et. 19, 1926.

UNITED FREDERICK K. VTING, OF BUFFALO, NEVLT YORK.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFEBPL-TING VALUABLES.

Application filed December 7, 1925.

This invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for protecting the funds and securities of banks and other institutions in transferring them from one building to another, and particularly from a depository or a Federal Reserve Bank to another bank or trust company; also in transferring payroll funds from a bank to an industrial plant, and delivering valuable mail or packages to a post-office or express company.

The object of the invention is the provision of convenient and effective means for safeguarding such valuables from theft or robbery while being loaded, transferred and unloaded.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus and a cross-section of a. bank basement and sidewalks showing the transferring operation in progress. Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the transfer cable and the safes.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

The apparatus comprises essentially an armored vehicle, as an automobile; winding drums located in the armored car and in the basement of a bank, industrial plant or other establishment; a transfer cable adapted to be wound upon one of said drums and paid out from the other, and safes or receptacles for the cash or other valuables anchored to or forming part of said transfer cable, whereby the safes are held captive by one or both drums at all times.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the car, containing the winding drum 11. Located in the basement of the bank or similar institution, under the sidewalk, is the other drum 12. 18 indicates one or more safes or strong receptacles for the cash or other valuables. They are preferably in the form of steel cylinders with smooth, rounded ends 14 to make it difficult for bandits to grasp and hold them tightly. They are securely connected endwise by flexible members, such as cable-sections 15, as shown, the end sections being securely fastened to and wound upon the drums 11 and 12, respectively. The safes thus form links or parts of the cable-connection extending from one drum to the other and can be quickly and conveniently transferred from the armored car to the bank basement, or in the opposite direction, by winding the cable upon one drum. letting it pay out from the other.

Serial No. 73,958.

The drums thus serve as strong and reliable anchors for both ends of the cable connection and the safes.

A. telescopic tube 16 carried by the car may be used as a further safeguard. This tube is lowered through an opening 17 in the bottom of the car-floor and a coal-hole or similar opening 18 in the sidewalk and forms a housing for the cables and the safes which would otherwise be exposed. Normally, this tube is telescoped and withdrawn into the car, being supported by a cable 19 attached to a cleat or hook 20.

In using the apparatus, the armored car with the transfer cable wound upon the cardrum drives up to the curb next to the sidewallehole, the cover of which is removed either from above or below. The telescopic tube is then released and lowered into the basement. An attendant in the car then unwinds the transfer-cable from the car-drum 11, a sufficient length of it preceding the safes to permit its leading end to be fastened to the basement drum 12 before the safes leave the car. An attendant in the basement next winds the cable upon the basement drum, thus conveying the safes down through the guide and protecting tube into the basement where they can be unlocked and their contents safely removed.

As the safes, while in transit, are anchored to the car-drum and to both drums while being transferred from the car to the basement, or vice versa, any attempt of robbers to escape with the safes is frustrated. While providing this reliable protection, the apparatus can be conveniently and quickly operated to transfer the safes with the least delay, the drums being provided with hand cranks, or electric or other motors for this purpose. As the truck, during the transferring operation, is securely anchored to the bank-drum by the cable 15, robbers are prevented from driving away with it and its contents in case they should overpower or kill the driver and guards.

I claim as my invention 1. The method of transferring a receptacle for valuables from a vehicle to a bankbuilding or the like, which consists in anchoring the receptacle to the vehicle during its transportation, and keeping it anchored both to the vehicle and the bank-building throughout its transfer, holding the receptacle captive from the beginning to the end of the operation. 4

2. Transfer means for protecting the valuables of banks and the like from robbery, comprising a vehicle, a transfer member anchored at one end to the vehicle and adapted to be anchored at its other end in the bank-basement, and a receptacle for valuables mounted on said transfer member.

3. Transfer means for protecting the valuables of banks and the like from robbery, comprising a vehicle, Winding drums located in the vehicle and the bank-basement, a transfer member adapted to be alternately wound upon said drums and a receptacle for valuables secured to said transfer member.

4. Transfer means for protecting the valuables of banks and the like from robbery, comprising a vehicle, Winding drums located in the vehicle and the bank-basetending from the vehicle into the basement. L

5. Transfer means for protecting the aluables of banks and the like from robbery, comprising a vehicle, a telescopic safety tube adapted to extend from the interior of the vehicle into the bank basement, Winding drums located in the vehicle and the bank basement a transfer cable adapted to be alternately Wound on said drums and guided in said tube, and a receptacle for valuables secured to said transfor cable.

FREDERICK K. ING. 

